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Cornmeal: cups to grams
1 cup of cornmeal weighs 165 grams. Use the converter below for any other amount, or check the quick-reference table.
Cornmeal baseline: 1 cup = 165 g.
Common amounts
| Cups | Tablespoons | Grams | Ounces (weight) | Milliliters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 4.0 | 41 g | 1.46 oz | 59 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 5.3 | 55 g | 1.94 oz | 79 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 8.0 | 83 g | 2.91 oz | 118 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 10.7 | 110 g | 3.88 oz | 158 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 12.0 | 124 g | 4.37 oz | 177 mL |
| 1 cup | 16.0 | 165 g | 5.82 oz | 237 mL |
| 1.5 cups | 24.0 | 248 g | 8.73 oz | 355 mL |
| 2 cups | 32.0 | 330 g | 11.64 oz | 473 mL |
| 3 cups | 48.0 | 495 g | 17.46 oz | 710 mL |
| 4 cups | 64.0 | 660 g | 23.28 oz | 946 mL |
Why measuring cornmeal by cup goes wrong
Cornmeal comes in fine, medium, and coarse grinds, and stone-ground varieties keep the germ for more flavor and a shorter shelf life. A cup of medium-grind yellow cornmeal weighs about 165 grams. Finely ground masa harina is different — it's nixtamalized — and is not interchangeable.
Practical tips for working with cornmeal
Soak coarse cornmeal in buttermilk or milk for 10 minutes before adding it to a cornbread batter. The soak softens the grit so the finished bread doesn't crunch like sand. For polenta, the same trick works: cold-soaking the cornmeal in its liquid for 30 minutes before cooking cuts the total simmer time in half and produces a creamier final dish.
Note from this ingredient's record: Stone-ground varieties are coarser and slightly heavier. For cornbread, swap fine cornmeal cup-for-cup but increase liquid by about 1 tablespoon if you go coarser.
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